Linqia – Influencer Marketing, Elevated | Icebreaker

Linqia – Influencer Marketing, Elevated | Icebreaker

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Senior Director, Sales

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I proudly build exceptional teams and drive success with high-profile brands. I have led sales and revenue operations at scaled enterprises like Verizon/AOL, Time Warner & Nextdoor, as well as at venture-backed firms focused on the distributed creator economy, such as Linqia & Amaze Software (formerly Famous). I am dedicated to Servant Leadership, Customer Success, Craftsmanship, Joy & Humor, and focused on providing Real Help (Not Pretend Help). I love what I do and appreciate the disruptive time in our industry because its the best environment to make a positive impact while learning every day. I am a believer in providing Revenue Organizations a clear strategy, structure and playbook to operate. This is essential for recruiting talented people who thrive in the system, as well as providing a clear framework for coaching the talent to sustain high performance.

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Advertising and Technology Sales Professional. Over 20 years of cross-functional experience in defining and positioning emerging digital media opportunities and bringing them to market. Key roles servicing the world's biggest brands and growing sales revenue -- across industry verticals and digital media platforms. Notable success in both strategic and creative environments and as both an individual contributor and manager. Public speaking experience and expertise on a range of topics including Creative Formats, Big Data, and Shopper Marketing (for CPG and Retail). Specialties: influencer marketing, social commerce, e-commerce, product sales; network sales; product marketing; sales development, OTT Advertising, Audio Ads, online advertising; audience targeting; content marketing; video advertising; mobile advertising; display advertising; programmatic advertising; advertising sales; integrated marketing (offline/online); branding; performance, shopper marketing, cross-screen advertising; creative formats, retail media, creator marketing

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Christopher Pommerening

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Founder & CEO of Learnlife - Positively Impacting Education Worldwide

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Lead Software Engineer at Electronic Arts (EA)

Christa Zambardino

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Strategic Sales & Business Development Executive: • Dedicated business Leader with 20+ years experience in advertising sales and strategy. • Established sales-driven relationships with many Fortune 500/agency holding companies. • Dynamic & driven Professional with proven sales experience creating successful sales teams, driving strategic advertising strategies, recruitment of strong players and influence of culture. • Detail-oriented and organized; effectively handles multiple tasks, internal workflows, meets project deadlines and proved to consistently exceed sales revenue goals.

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Experienced Brand Partner with a demonstrated history of working in the creator economy, digital media, television and film industry. Skilled in Strategy, Media Buying, Talent Relations, Television Programming, as well as Content Acquisition, Creation & Curation. BA focused in Cinematic Arts (Production) from The University of Southern California.

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As a seasoned Product Management leader, I have consistently driven transformative change across organizations by combining strategic vision with a customer-centric approach to innovation. My journey has been marked by the successful development and launch of groundbreaking AI-enabled SaaS platforms, the creation of high-impact 0-1 products, and the implementation of product practices that ignite cross-functional collaboration and inspire teams to build their best. I’m passionate about leveraging AI to create innovative products that solve real-world problems and drive business success. Let’s connect and explore how we can build the future together. Product Leadership hallmarks: * Building & mentoring high-performing Product and Design teams from the ground up * Fostering a culture of collaborative innovation and learning * Balancing roadmaps to amplify strategic direction while sustaining customer needs * Transforming complex challenges into simple product solutions that drive growth & engagement * Envisioning products that effectively address the Why & consistently result in minimal to zero churn * Ensuring seamless extensibility across products & building for future scale * Leading & advocating for strategic pivots that spark product stickiness & fuel account growth Key Skills: AI, SaaS, PaaS, B2B2C, Product Lifecycle, UX/UI Design, Agile & Lean Product Management, 0-1 Innovation, Vision & Strategy, Product Market-Fit, Data-Driven Decision Making, Enterprise Growth, Executive Leadership, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Stakeholder Alignment, Hiring & Mentoring

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Maria is one of the most passionate humans you will meet. Her life’s work and mission has been to unleash the collective voices of millions of storytellers to remind people of who they are, why they exist and where their place is within their respective communities. In early 2000, she was amongst the first to pioneer influencer marketing with a mission to bring more consciousness into advertising - the trillion dollar super highway of attention through meaningful and impactful storytelling. As the visionary and co-founder at Linqia, over the past decade, Linqia has earned its place as a leading tech enabled full service influencer marketing provider whose turnkey programs deliver measured results for over 600 enterprise and emerging brands. Prior to Linqia, Maria was part of the founding team and COO at XING, Europe’s leading business network, where she led XING’s monetization and internationalization plan exiting shortly after its IPO. Today, XING has a market cap of over $1B. At the age of 19, Maria founded her first company - a content marketing agency that grew to be one of the most respected consultancies in Australia. Additionally, Maria has been recognized as one of the leading women in technology by Forbes and is a contributor to the Forbes Agency Council. Maria's passion for Social Impact Storytelling is based on the belief that all ideas start with two things, emotional connection and inspired action. In today’s world people are alert to catalyze those emotions into action to manifest positive change. With Maria's decentralized and influence driven G.I.V.E. approach, Maria is a catalyst for ideas and the millions of people who could be impacted by them. The GIVEcode: G - Start with generosity by rewarding unconventional emotion I - Think Infinitely (without boundaries) inspiring positive reaction and possibility V - Come from a place of Vulnerability by thinking about the individual. It's about them, not us. Let them tell their story and be heard E- Infuse with Energy by supercharging your goals and igniting a positive mindset